Amps that pair well with the ProCo RAT 2

Phil Jones Bass Compact 8 Cabinet

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion is a much rawer gain than the Compact 8's own clear, high-fidelity bass voice offers on its own.

Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus Ensemble

Push the CEB-3's stereo bass chorus with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and it opens up into real dirt.

Magnatone Varsity Reverb (Camel)

Push the Varsity Reverb's clean spring-tank voice with the RAT's cutting drive for real grit at the front end.

Traynor YCV20 Custom Valve Combo

The RAT's cutting distortion pushes the YCV20's chiming class-A breakup into rawer territory without losing the amp's British character.

Laney Cub Super 10

The RAT's cutting, bright drive pushes the Cub Super 10's harmonic preamp gain into tighter, more aggressive saturation.

Blackstar HTV-212 Bronco TAN

Push the Bronco TAN's balanced, midrange-forward headroom with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Blackstar Studio 10 KT88 Limited Edition

Push the Studio 10's British, midrange-forward tone with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Traynor YBA300

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion pushes the YBA300's own resonant, bright tube voice into sharper territory.

Carr rambler

Push the Rambler's thick, jazz-voiced midrange with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Fender Rumble 25 Ivory

Push the Rumble 25's reliable, rehearsal-ready clean tone with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and it opens up into real dirt.

Mesa Boogie Subway D-350

The RAT's low-gain, cutting distortion stacks well ahead of the Subway D-350's own bright, headroom-forward bass preamp.

Laney Richter RB4 Bass Combo

Push the RB4's full, headroom-heavy bass tone with the RAT's cutting drive for real grit at gig volumes.

Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature 6V6 40W Head

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion is a sharper edge than the Classic Reverb Signature's own smooth, blues-voiced headroom offers on its own.

Traynor AM Standard

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion pushes the AM Standard's own natural, stereo practice clean into real gain.

Two-Rock Silver Sterling Signature 150W Head

The Silver Sterling 150W's smooth, clean-platform headroom gives the RAT's dark, cutting distortion somewhere focused to land.

Orange Rockerverb 100 MkIII

The RAT's cutting distortion stacks into the Rockerverb's own articulate gain for an extra, grittier layer without losing the amp's headroom.

Fuchs FBT-700

A RAT 2 out front gives the FBT-700's boutique headroom the bright, cutting low-gain distortion it doesn't generate on its own.

Two-Rock TS1 40/20W Combo

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion is a sharper edge than the TS1's own smooth, rich pedal-platform headroom offers on its own.

Bad Cat Cub V EL34

Push the Cub V's chimey British headroom with the RAT 2's bright, cutting distortion and the two stack into real dirt.

Two-Rock Silver Sterling Signature 150/75W

The Silver Sterling's own harmonic, touring-grade headroom gives the RAT's dark, cutting distortion real definition to bite into.

Two-Rock Bloomfield Drive 6L6 100W Head

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion is a sharper edge than the Bloomfield Drive's own smooth, fusion-voiced headroom offers on its own.

Fuchs FBT 300

The RAT's dark, cutting distortion pushes the FBT 300's own thick, punchy boutique midrange into sharper territory.

Two-Rock Classic Reverb 100W Head

Into the Classic Reverb's own pedal-platform clean, the RAT's dark, cutting distortion adds real, sharp gain rather than more headroom.

Magnatone 460

Stack the RAT ahead of the 460 and its cutting drive pushes the amp's stereo vibrato into thicker, grittier territory.